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Washington, D.C. - Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed bipartisan legislation, originally introduced by Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee. The legislation would help modernize the federal government's export control policy by strengthening national security and helping American companies sell more defense hardware overseas to our allies.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman (CA-Sherman Oaks), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, issued the following statement today following the vote on the Columbian Trade Agreement which President Bush sent to Congress:
"Today, House Democrats took the historic step of reasserting Congress' Constitutional control of U.S. trade policy.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (and Chairman of its Subcommittee on Terrorism, Non-Proliferation, and Trade) today released the following statement regarding the passing of Congressman Tom Lantos, Chairman of the U.S. House Representatives Committee on Foreign Relations:
"I am deeply saddened by the passing of Tom Lantos. I served with him for more than a decade, both as members of the California delegation and of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Brad Sherman joined today with his colleagues to introduce the bipartisan Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Act in the House of Representatives.
Washington, D.C. - The House Steering and Policy Committee on Thursday appointed Congressman Brad Sherman to a seat on the House Judiciary Committee.
œThe Judiciary Committee is an important forum for issues critically important to the motion picture, television and music industries, which are leading players in the San Fernando Valley economy, Sherman said.
Sherman Oaks, CA. - Congressman Brad Sherman on Monday condemned North Koreas nuclear test, but he also branded the development a œcolossal failure of U.S. diplomacy and called for stepped up international pressure on China, North Koreas powerful neighbor and closest ally.
North Korea is now the most dangerous and unstable nuclear state, said Sherman, a senior member of the House International Relations Committee and the Ranking Democrat on the Terrorism and Nonproliferation Subcommittee.
The San Fernando Valley economy remains vibrant and robust. At the heart of our economic success lies the growth and expansion of small businesses. Small businesses fuel our local economy providing innovation and job growth in the San Fernando Valley.
Washington, D.C. - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congressman Brad Sherman that a wave of baby boom retirements increases the importance of shrinking the federal budget deficit. The new Fed chairman also asserted, contrary to claims by the Bush administration and so-called supply-side economists, that "tax cuts do not wholly pay for themselves."
VAN NUYS - Congressman Brad Sherman on Saturday saluted more than 50 soldiers of the 311th Corps Support Command Army Reserve unit based in Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
œI am grateful for the service and sacrifices made by citizen soldiers called up for active duty, Sherman said.
Sherman participated in a Welcome Home Warrior-Citizen awards program in Van Nuys.